阿皮克萨班用于预防亚临床心房动中风

Jeff S Healey¹, Renato D Lopes¹, Christopher B Granger¹+35

• ¹From the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (J.S.H., W.F.M., D.C., J.A.W., L.X., K.S., S.N., R.M., S.J.C.), the Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal (L.R.), the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa (D.H.B.), Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Laval University, Quebec, QC (F.P.), the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Radiology, and Community Health Sciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (S.B.C.), and the Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC (F.A.-P.) - all in Canada; the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC (R.D.L., C.B.G.); Amphia Ziekenhuis, Breda, the Netherlands (M.A.); Oslo University Hospital and the University of Oslo, Oslo (D.A.); the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena (G.B.), and the Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and the Division of Subacute Care, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Milan (M. Proietti) - all in Italy; St. George's, University of London, London (A.J.C.), and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool (D.J.W.) - both in the United Kingdom; J.W. Goethe University, University Hospital Department of Cardiology, Frankfurt, Germany (J.W.E., S.H.H.); the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (M.R.G.); Michigan State University, Lansing (J.I.); the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic (J.K.); the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (V.K.); Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (V.K.); Karolinska Institutet and the Heart, Vascular, and Neurology Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (C.L.); the University of Rennes, Rennes, France (P.M.); Cliniques du Sud-Luxembourg, Arlon, Belgium (G.M.); Hospital Universitario La Luz, Madrid (J.B.M.), and Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella (M. Pombo) - both in Spain; Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (J.C.N.); University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland (C.S.); the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR (I.G.Z.); and Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital, Glendale, AZ (A.K.).